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Show GIVING THE PLUG HIS DUE Steadygoing, Sensible Qualltleo Are Not Always Accorded the Recog nltlon That They Deserve. Don't mako fun of tho plug. He may ' bo slow and awkward and never get to the stable until dark, but lie is tho fellow who in the end will bring homo tho coin, says a Kansas City writer. The plug horso that palls tho Ustcr all day In the field putD more money in tho bank for the honest farmer than the race horso that goos out and turns a half in 0.60 Mat and then loafs for two woeks waiting for another race to be matched The old plug gooB out in sunshine and storm and pulls In a fow dollars ovory week, but the race horBe waits for the day when the track Is good and then generally loses more than he wins. The steady old plug keeps the wolf from the door, while the race horse causes the mortgage mort-gage to be forecloBed. Just so with the man Pin your faith to the plug who keeps oternally at it; the follow who gets up evory morning and does so much and Is ready to do it again next day He lays up more shining dollars In tho bank than the swift sport who lies around all Bummor waiting for" luck to come along and turn a stream of silver into his pocket One cackling Plymouth Rock hon Ib worth a dozen screaming caglefi when It cornea to paying off tho mortgage. The plug Ib the follow who steadies the ship and acts as ballast when tho boat begins be-gins to rock. The plug is the follow who lives contentodlj and long and when he" passes away the local paper says, "He leaTe6 his family In comfortable com-fortable circumstances " Fingers and tho Calendar. No doubt moat people rcmomber the number of days In any particular month by recalling tho rhymes they earned at school. Another method Ib practiced in Iceland, and It is so simple and Ingenious as to bo worth knowing Shut the fist and let the knucklo of the forefinger represent January with its thirty-one days, and the depression hetweon that and the uext knuckle will represent February with Its lesser number of days. And thus every month that corresponds to a knuckle will bo found to contain thirty-ono days; and every month that corresponds to a depression a less number of days. The little finger will represent Jujy, and beginning again with the forefinger knuckle It standB for August, and from this one continues con-tinues to count through the months of tho year, Harper's Weekly. Raccoono Natural Thtevea. If you have raccoons In your home, keep a watchful eye on all articles within reach of the animals. They will steal anything from a pocket knife to a diamond ring. Notwithstanding Notwith-standing tho troublo necessitated by guarding against the mischlevouB habits hab-its of the creatures, they aro members of many households. They are fond of milk, and will resort to all sorts j of tricks and subterfugos to obtain it- . |